Deandre Devon Davis-Williams is accused of continuously raping an 11-year-old over a seven-month period, resulting in the girl's pregnacy. The girl delivered her baby on Thursday.

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Deandre Devon Davis-Williams appears in the 338th State District Court, Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Houston. He is accused of raping an 11-year-old neighbor over a seven-month period resulting in her pregnancy. (Cody Duty / Houston Chronicle)

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Deandre Devon Davis-Williams appears in the 338th State District...

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Deandre Devon Davis-Williams appears in the 338th State District Court, Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Houston. He is accused of raping an 11-year-old neighbor over a seven-month period resulting in her pregnancy. (Cody Duty / Houston Chronicle)

The girl gave birth on Thursday to a healthy baby, according to the Harris County District Attorney's Office.

Almost every day for seven months, authorities said, Davis-Williams raped the girl, a neighbor, when she got home from school.

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She told police that Davis-Williams began coming to her apartment last summer through a back door while her mother was at work at two jobs, according to a criminal complaint filed in the case.

Davis-Williams lives in the same apartment complex as the girl, said DA's spokeswoman Sara Marie Kinney.

Prosecutors said he attacked the girl from June 1, 2012, to Jan. 1.

School officials called the girl's mother to say they believed she was pregnant, according to the complaint.

A doctor's visit in January determined that the child was seven months pregnant, according to prosecutors.

'Extra sick'

Kinney said it's not a foregone conclusion that the mother would know her daughter was pregnant.

"It's not a normal pregnancy because it's an 11-year-old with an underdeveloped body," she said. "Not only that, but if you have a kid and she's gaining weight or she doesn't feel good, she's 11, so you don't even go there in your mind."

Kinney said higher-level offenses that involve the continuous sexual assault of a child "are far and few between than just the average sexual assault. You have these bad guys out there, but this one is extra sick."

Davis-Williams did not enter a plea at the court appearance on Thursday. The judge appointed Joe Owmby as defense attorney.

Estella Olguin, spokeswoman at Texas Child Protective Services, would neither confirm nor deny whether CPS was involved in the case. She said sexual assaults of young girls are not uncommon, although most victims do not become pregnant.

"In many cases like this, the victims usually know their perpetrators, who have easy access of contact with the victims without it being suspicious to anyone," she said. "In many cases, the victims know them, love them and trust them. They gain their trust, and then have them keep the secret."

Effects on child

Dr. Adrienne Tinder, staff psychologist at DePelchin Children's Center, said the center is not involved in the girl's case, but she offered insight into the effect that such cases can have on families.

"This kind of experience can be traumatic and have a ripple effect in families, the extent of which is sometimes not understood for years," Tinder stated in an email. "When traumatic events like this happen early in childhood, particularly while a child is still developing a sense of self and their sense of the world, there can be great impact on both cognitive and emotional development."

"Sexual activity and/or a birth of a child where the mother herself is still a developing child can lead to long-term difficulties and challenges in forming a healthy identity and relationships," Tinder said.